This makes the Spectre tied with the MAC-11 with regards to accuracy, and it is one of the more accurate SMGs in the tier as such. The centerspeed of the Spectre is very high, at 1700. However, the recoil per shot of the Spectre is very low, as the weapon kicks up and to the right. The iron sights are very unpopular, as the back post is quite obstructive. The Spectre is a mixed bag in terms of accuracy. This rate of fire is excellent and helps offset the Spectre's poor damage per bullet. The Spectre's rate of fire is high, at 937 RPM. The Spectre also has poor penetration power, making the Spectre ineffective at killing enemies through walls. Headshots usually reduce the amount of shots needed to kill by one in Core game modes. The Spectre is a one shot kill to the body in Hardcore game types out to twenty meters. Damage decreases linearly until 25 meters, where the Spectre will be dealing its minimum damage of twenty damage per bullet, taking five body shots to kill. At any range short of twenty meters, the Spectre will deal thirty damage per bullet, taking four body shots to kill.

The Spectre is a low damage per bullet SMG. The Spectre is unlocked at level 41 and is the second-to-last submachine gun to be unlocked. A Spectre can be found used in the hands of Shabs during the end of 'Numbers'. A picture of the Spectre can also be briefly seen during the opening cutscene, along with a picture of the Kiparis. The Spectre can be found in one of the weapons caches during ' Numbers'.

Black ops 3 spectre